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Tax on Sweetners Proposed, Slow Visas Effecting Farm Workers
- Democratic Representative Rosa Delauro of Connecticut introduced a federal sweetener tax bill to congress Wednesday.
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White House Release Climate Report, Millions Available to Minority Farmers
- The White House released a report Tuesday titled The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change.
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EPA Fights Back Over Water Rules, Agricultural Stats for 113th Congress
- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy feels her efforts to meet with farmers and ranchers and policymakers on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule has been worth it.
Agriculture owners believe the proposal means the EPA wants to regulate all ditches and the American Farm Bureau Federation has been calling on EPA to ditch the rule.
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NASCAR Celebrates Six Million Miles of Ethanol, Grain Imports Change
- NASCAR and American Ethanol partnered in 2011 to bring E15 to the sport and since then Sunoco Green E15 has fueled every car and truck in all of NASCAR’s national race series.
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Technology May Allow Farming from Your Recliner
Farming from your easy chair is something that any successful farmer would say is anything other than extremely difficult both physically and intellectually.
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Oil Companies Accused of Anti-Competitive Practice, Wildfire Victims Getting Financial Help
- After a year, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar have again asked the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to study possible anti-competitive practices regarding certain oil companies.
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Consumer Milk Choices Shifting Production, Malls Problem with EPA
- The trend of looking for healthier food choices has caused a shift in the dairy market.
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USDA Changing on Genetically Engineered Info, National Farmers Market Week in August
- In February 2013 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposed sharing information with state regulators about genetically engineered organisms released in their jurisdictions.
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USDA Helping with Organic Certification, Farmers and EPA Still
- USDA has announced $13 million in Farm Bill funding is now available for organic certification cost-share assistance.
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Clean Water Act Challenged, New Conservation Program Announced
- Florida Representative Steve Southerland has proposed the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protect Act which would halt any action of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the proposed definition of waters of the United States.